Carrier for game.



PATENTBD JULY l0 By M1 "66 ATTORNEYS J. M. PAUL.

CARRIER FOR. GAME.

APPLIoATloN FILED MAR. 7, 190e.

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JAMES MOUNT PAUL, OF EL PASO, TEXAS.

CARRIER FOR GAIVIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

-atented July 10, 1906.

Application tiled March 7,1906. Serial No. 304,712.

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Be it known that l, JAMES MOUNT PAUL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of El Paso, in the county of El Paso and State oi Texas, have invented a new and Improved Carrier for Game, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose ot the invention is to provide a very light, simple, durable, economic,and effective device for carrying game adapted to be worn across the shoulder and which is ielc in place simply by the weight of the oar Another purpose of the invention is to so construct the device that moderately large or small game of all kinds in large or small quantities may be expeditiously, conveniently, and securely placed in position in the carrier and carried with comparative comfort and without injury to the game of whatever species.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to'be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the igures.

Figure 1 is a view illustrating the application of the device, which latter appears in perspective. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the device straightened out. Fig. 3 is an enlarged erspective view of one end of the device, illustrating the manner in which said device is adapted to hold the game. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the device adapted to be carried in the hand, and Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a portion of the belt and the game-carrier applied thereto.

ln the construction of the device a shoulder-strap A is employed, of suitable length and width, which strap may be of any desired material; such as leather or canvas, and said strap is provided with an aperture l0 adjacent to each of its ends.

B represents carrier-cords, two of which are employed. These cords are attached to the end portions of the shoulder-strap A in the following manner: The cords are bent upon themselves to each form parallel strands 1l and l2, and the bow portions 13 of the cords are passed through the apertures l0 in the shoulder-strap, and the body olE the cords is then passed through the said bow portions, as is illustrated best in Fig. l, thus ef'lectually connecting the cords with the shoulder-strap. The Jfree ends of the cords are then secured together by being knotted, as shown at 14 in the drawings, or in any other approved manner.

Each carrier-cord is provided with any desired number of buttons O. These buttons may be made of any desired material; but they are preferably made of leather' and are in the form of disks. Each disk button is provided with a central opening 15, through which the carrier-cord provided for the buttons is passed. This opening 15 is made just large enough to permit the buttons to be slid along tilie cord under friction-that is to say, a slight exertion is required to move the buttons from one position to another on the carrier-cords. Normally the buttons O are placed one in engagement with the other as close as possible to the ends of the shoulderstrap A, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The shoulder-strap is made to rest upon the shoulder 0l the limiter, and when game has been secured and is to be carried the foot, wing, vor head of the bird or the animal shot is passed through a loop 16, formed in a carrier-cord B by separating the strands 11 and 12 of the cord adjacent to the knot 14, and after a portion of the creature has been thus introduced between the strands of said carrier-cord the lowermost button O is carried down to a firm engagement with the part so introduced, thus reducing the size of the loop as much as possible and causing the weight of the object to insure said object remaining in position on the carrier, as is shown at 17 in Fig. 3. preference similarly placed in position on the other end of the carrier, so as to balance the load, and the 'third object shot is secured in position in either one or the other of the carrier-cords B by passing the most convenient part oi the creature through a second loop formed in the carrier-cord above the button first placed in position, and then the second button is carried down in engagement with the object, as is shown at 18 in Fig. 3. lnthis manner a large amount of game of different kinds may be accommodated inthe carrier and expeditiously and conveniently The next animal or bird shot is by,

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placed in position, and the Weight of the game carried will insure the game remaining where placed.

In Fig. 4 I have illustrated a game-carrier applied to a handle D as a support, which handle is adapted to be held in the hand, and in Fig. 5 the game-carrier is fitted to a belt D, which serves as a support therefor. In both of said adaptations the device consists of a carrier-cord B bent upon itself to forrn two parallel strands llfL and 12a, and in one instance the loop end 13a of the carrier-cord is passed over the handle D and then the strands are passed through the loop thus Jformed. In the other instance the belt D is provided with eyelets 19, through which the loop ends 13a of the carrier-cords are passed, the strands of the cords being carried through said loops.

Each carrier-cord B has the free ends of its strands connected by a knot 14a, and buttons C are mounted to slide upon the combined strands of the cords, the operation of locking the game in the carriers being the same as that which has been heretofore described.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. A carrier for game, consisting of asupporting device, looped carrier-cords attached to the supporting device, and retaining devices mounted to slide on the carrier-cords.

2. A carrier for game, consisting of a Shoulder-strap, looped carrier-cords secured to the ends of the said strap, and buttons held. to slide on the carrier-cords.

3. A carrier for game, consisting of a shoulder-strap, carrier-cords attached to the ends of the shoulder-straps, each carrier-cord consisting of two strands extending from the strap outward therefrom, the strands being connected at their outer ends, and buttons held to frictionally slide on each of the said carrier-cords.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES MOUNT PAUL.

Witnesses:

GEO. HAILE, W. W. ANDERSON. 

